MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

“There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Findley educators and staff distribute food and supplies to families. She’s still a central figure in my son’s life, and I’m so grateful for her!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 16, 2019

One resolution my elementary students and I are setting is to be more healthy with our digital use. Choose from several different classes, such as Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media and Methodologies for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Some videos are as short as 30 seconds.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

This type of data can help educators, parents, or policy makers better understand how students interact with technology, particularly how to create a healthy relationship with it. Nevertheless, if there is a potential negative impact of excessive screen time, educators can find ways to manage it. This is far from the truth.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Achieving educational equity doesn’t just happen when schools change their expectations and goals in the classroom. While teachers and staff agree on the value of educational equity, they need a deeper understanding in order to combat it in the classroom. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

High school math – “Precalculus” Several college educators collaborated on this textbook to use in any pre-calculus course. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday March 11, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, high quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day nationwide. Discovery Education is the worldwide?EdTech?leader

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Doug Worthen guided his small class of ninth graders at Middlesex School through an exercise designed to focus their attention. Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom. Credit: Jena Brooker for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, News Literacy Project. As conspiracy theories spread across social media and misleading news stories are shared in internet echo chambers, educators across the country – and the world – are trying to battle misinformation by teaching students to be better consumers of news, media and data.

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Hack Education

APRIL 16, 2020

Yes, it has been a little quiet on Hack Education lately. I realize that most everyone — particularly on social media — wants to talk about the now or the future. But even with everything currently upside down, I insist that knowing the history of education technology is crucial. Even HEWN has gone dormant.

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MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

Anzer As a minority in America, I always felt that my public school education wasn’t created with me in mind. There are too many baby books and thought leaders with their spin on creating more equitable education. And I always knew there had to be a better way. Why should you read this book? Herein lies the answer.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But when it comes to education and technology, this prevailing hypothesis is proving itself to be flawed. From increased anxiety and depression related to unhealthy usage of social media , to our students’ decreased attention spans , it’s time to take a “less is more” approach. That may seem counterintuitive.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 21, 2021

How You Can Use Clubhouse to Discuss and Design The Future of Education. One week as Joe shared how entrepreneurship was an integrated part of the elementary experience Harshal, a parent at Design39 raised her hand to speak. A guest post by Dr. Sabba Quidwai.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 8, 2018

As the end of the school year approaches my daughter’s backpack is filled with fliers from her elementary school. Relationships go a long way in the educational environment especially to help students to continue to be successful. One of the best examples I’ve seen of this is my elementary principal friend Amber Teamann.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I understand that this tip is formatted for an elementary or middle school classroom, where we spend a lot of the day together, but these tips require little time and prep. Breathing exercises – depending on the grade level, there are a variety of breathing exercises that might help students calm and come back together as a class.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This story about mindfulness in the classroom was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Doug Worthen guided his small class of ninth graders at Middlesex School through an exercise designed to focus their attention.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

Chair bands: These are like exercise bands that get wrapped around the front two legs of a chair. We used to have an area at my school that a counselor set up that had a little walking exercise for students to do. Mindful schools: Many educators love using Mindful Schools and those resources. Students can push on the band.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

Photography, storytelling, social media and the generation of portfolios for students’ progress all have a role in expressions of Maker culture and performing arts. Making and editing short films, promoting community-wide challenges, and getting the word out are empowering exercises that build collaborative skills and confidence.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. A photo posted by GA Department of Education (@georgiadeptofed) on Jan 18, 2016 at 4:39am PST. Social media accounts have a lot of power.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

Those two words can change a mood, a mind, a life, and the world. " -Angela Maiers We invite you to join us for a very special live broadcast on June 4th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-EDT , that will focus on EDUCATION FOR HOPE AND HEALING. Educators are our first responders of the soul. Change Maker.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I believe these words also convey the most important reason for using digital media in schools. I was particularly drawn to the blog’s description: “One Student’s Mission to Explain the Benefits of Social Media in the Classroom.” How could I not interview her? The Innovations class is project-based.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon, Global Education Conference co-chairs, talk about the Global Education Conference 2017 that runs from November 13-16. Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon for Global Education Conference. Vicki: The Global Education Conference is here, November 13-16! What is the Global Education Conference ?

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MindShift

MARCH 5, 2018

For girls, many of the most powerful influences come from the media, but young girls could find relief among the real people in their lives. Social media has changed the game, requiring educators and parents to also change strategies to help girls navigate complicated waters. It works like a GPS.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2017

Indeed, schools nationwide are dealing with the ramifications of social media. Rosalind Wiseman, educator and author of “Queen Bees and Wannabees,” the nonfiction inspiration for the “Mean Girls” film, said Pittsfield’s Drop the Drama campaign is taking a smart tack: The most effective interventions are student-led ones.

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MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 10, 2020

High school students face many of the same friendship dynamics as elementary and middle school students, yet friendship operates in distinct ways in these later adolescence years. Bradford Brown, an educational psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: “In high school, that is no longer the case.” .

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2022

I have been a reader of dystopian fiction for years, primarily due to my role as librarian to upper elementary and middle school students. All of a sudden, what was once a fictional depiction of a family doing whatever it took to survive a global catastrophe, now seemed much too close to reality.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Maybe you want to be in the habit of exercising three times a week so you feel better and have more energy. Checking social media! Exercise and fresh air are best–I’ll go for a 15-minute walk and listen to an inspiring podcast, and by the time I get home, I can’t wait to get started on the task. Even better?

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MindShift

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A 2013 survey of teachers conducted by MetLife suggests that many educators share Rosner’s strain. In response, she created a program at an elementary school that focuses on teachers’ common challenges: working with difficult parents, handling conflicts, and developing communication and problem-solving strategies.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 19, 2020

Vanessa says, “I’m doing a Google Forms check in with each of my kids at the beginning and end of each day, and asking socio-emotional questions as well as just random informational ones, like something nice they’ve done for a family member, what they did for exercise during their midday break, etc. That’s something to consider for sure.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Striking that balance can be tricky, especially when schoolwork requires a screen and games and social media are so compelling. In the classroom, design in groups to create a hole using some elementary physics. Though these focus exercises from SERP are great for younger kids, too, teens often face lots of distractions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

And, they have done a phenomenal job of upgrading it over time, of adding more educational-friendly features, of adding things like commenting, adding new layouts and columns and so on. A lot of times people don’t really think the developers want to hear from educators, or that it’s going to have much of an impact. Steve: (laughs).

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century. The third and current phase of the 21st century learning movement is all about “empowerment,” says Kay.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2021

And there’s no question that witnessing their loneliness, difficulties with online learning and seemingly endless hours on social media has been enormously stressful for the adults who care about them the most." Your Instructors Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services.

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Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

As technology is infusing more and more into education and students are being introduced to different learning styles, there is a need to reassess the curriculum with regard to new age requirements. It can be beneficial for those students who might not want to pursue higher education or may not have a financial background to support them.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Here are a few I particularly like: Elementary. Upper Elementary. The history of civil rights and suffrage.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2017

WeHoldTheseTruths and #KindnessNation are the hashtags we’re using on social media as well as on TpT to help you find the resources you need. Critical thinking and examining media bias. Here are a few I particularly like: Elementary. Upper Elementary. The history of civil rights and suffrage.

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